Hit and Run (T.S.O.L. album)
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Left to right on the cover: Mike Roche, Mitch Dean, Joe Wood, and Ron Emory. One critic called the photographs, which showed off the band's new glam metal persona, "forced and awkward."
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| Studio album by T.S.O.L. | ||||
| Released | July 11, 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 at Music Grinder Studios and Preferred Sound Studios, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Glam metal | |||
| Length | 41:08 | |||
| Label | Enigma (73263) | |||
| Producer | Howard Benson | |||
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Hit and Run is the fifth studio album by the American rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), released in 1987 through Enigma Records. It marked a stylistic shift for the band, who departed from their earlier gothic rock and hard rock efforts in favor of a glam metal persona and sound. Hit and Run was T.S.O.L.'s only release to chart, reaching no. 184 on the Billboard 200, but the band's new direction alienated their fans in vast numbers and was criticized by reviewers. Enigma found the album difficult to market due to the group's change in musical style and image. It failed to be the commercial breakthrough the members had hoped for, and T.S.O.L. left Enigma as a result.
On their 1986 album Revenge, T.S.O.L. had begun to move away from the punk- and gothic rock-influenced sound of their past in favor of simpler rock numbers influenced by the growing hard rock scene in their native Southern California.Hit and Run was an even further departure, as they adopted a look and sound reflecting the popular glam metal of the era. The album was recorded at Music Grinder Studios and Preferred Sound Studios in Hollywood with recording engineer Jim Faraci and Revenge producer Howard Benson. It includes a cover version of "Good Mornin' Blues', originally performed by the 1930s/1940s blues artist Lead Belly, which features additional instrumentation in the form of saxophone, congas, and harmonica. The song "You Can Try" was dedicated to guitarist Ron Emory's brother William, who died of a heroin overdose in 1986 at age 29.
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